01/04/2020
Sharing a fellow farm’s post!
The Golden Globes decided to go "meatless" this year to "fight climate change" and "promote sustainability." Livestock represents less than 5% of ghg emissions in the USA (low ghg impact)! These celebrities likely flew to the awards ceremony in private jets (extremely high ghg impact), which would dwarf any environmental benefit from avoiding meat for one meal. The meatless meal was also likely brought in from far away and likely had far more of a negative ghg impact than an average consumer's typical meal of meat. The expensive clothes they were wearing, buildings and materials used to produce the show, and overall excessive lifestyles all contribute to emissions far more than a meal containing meat. And yet, "meat" is what they chose as their object of reducing emissions. Want to "fight climate change?" Start with transportation, industry, and energy (80 percent of ghg emissions in USA) don't demonize some of the greatest foods in America!
To learn more about the benefits of livestock and the ability they have to sequester carbon and reduce ghg emissions, please read this FB post from a few months back: https://www.facebook.com/PetersonFarmBros/posts/2481953178493524?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARA6ljBfJagb99kAS45SRIM9YvkRKviM37MQDiBcR4KDDQU1z3cWB3es5JcMVsNJJkWne2UW328YYvpT28wzM11sF4tqwanieSJJ6fgL4wJxYcZR9ROrh1pQX3l8Yqt7AMwRedPEtIDPHa3HZe9Vu6GU-8-bDIeput2mQpgnqcUoOSgySLn7fNabe9iLo37CCUouGfnKvFFyuOe3nxRO2yAe0xbpaXs1heAVHuhIdREhvBbV6Nu9Hq5CSdmmWn8ZTy03c1NyWE3LkLg9TocMXX_G-MQcgx1u9K527hRFeTsDprLzxz6ZePwqc1EPzEUdKUpJka4fWD0M5hRCLD9exmyblg&__tn__=K-R
